JP2009214638A - Sun visor for mounting headrest - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sun visor for mounting a headrest capable of being mounted to the headrest in an easy configuration and easily adjusting its position even during driving. <P>SOLUTION: The sun visor includes a sunshade board 2 and an axis part 3 provided at one end of the sunshade board 2 for turnably supporting the sunshade board 2. Mounted to the headrest H, the axis part 3 is positioned outside of the headrest H in a vehicle width direction and a forward end is positioned inwardly of the vehicle from the rear end. A board face of the sunshade board 2 is parallel to the rear face of the headrest H at a storage position A behind the headrest H. As described above, the sun visor 1 for mounting the headrest is constituted. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a sun visor attached to an automobile, and more particularly to a sun visor attached to a headrest.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a sun visor attached to a headrest and a headrest equipped with a sun visor have been provided in order to shield an area that cannot be covered by a normal sun visor against sunlight incident from the lateral direction of a driver seat and a passenger seat.

  For example, a sun visor as described in Patent Document 1 is known. In this document 1, there is a cavity formed in the headrest body having an opening on one side of the headrest body, a guide frame disposed along the wall surface of the cavity, and the headrest is moved on the guide frame. There is disclosed a sun visor-equipped headrest including a sun visor that can be housed in the body and can be drawn out of the headrest and disposed in front of the opening. According to such a headrest with a sun visor, it is possible to block sunlight entering from the side window.

JP-A-10-119617

  However, in the headrest with a sun visor disclosed in Patent Document 1, since the headrest and the sun visor are integrated, the structure of the headrest becomes complicated and the cost increases.

  In addition, the size of the sun visor is limited by the size of the headrest. Furthermore, if you try to adjust the sun visor according to the incident direction of sunlight, the height of the headrest must be adjusted, which may be against the request to adjust the headrest to the height of the head and cannot be adjusted while driving There was a problem.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a headrest mounting sun visor that can be attached to a headrest with a simple configuration and that can be easily adjusted even during operation. With the goal.

  In order to achieve the above object, the sun visor for mounting the headrest of the present invention has a sunshade and a shaft provided at one end of the sunshade and rotatably supporting the sunshade, and is attached to the headrest. The shaft portion is located outside the headrest in the vehicle width direction, the front end is located inward of the vehicle from the rear end, and the sunscreen is parallel to the rear surface of the headrest in the retracted position behind the headrest. To do.

  The shaft portion may be attached to a bearing portion provided on the outer side rear side of the headrest in the vehicle width direction.

  Moreover, it has the supporting member which supports a axial part, This supporting member may have a stay attaching part which can be attached or detached to the stay of a headrest.

  According to the sun visor for mounting the headrest of the present invention, the position of the sunshade can be easily adjusted even during driving by rotating the sunshade around the shaft portion located on the outer side in the vehicle width direction of the headrest. be able to.

  When the shaft portion is attached to the bearing portion provided on the outer side rearward of the headrest in the vehicle width direction, the headrest attaching sun visor can be attached to the headrest only by providing the bearing portion on the headrest.

  In addition, when the support member and the stay mounting portion provided on the support member are provided, the mounting of the stay mounting portion on the stay of the headrest eliminates the need to process the headrest, and the user can easily attach and detach it. .

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawing, only the seat on the right side of the vehicle will be described, but the illustration and description are reversed left and right for the left seat.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a sun visor for mounting a headrest according to the first embodiment. The headrest mounting sun visor 1 includes a sunscreen 2 and a shaft portion 3 that is provided at one end of the sunscreen 2 and supports the sunscreen 2 so as to be rotatable. Fixed to the part. The sun visor 1 for attaching the headrest can be rotated between the storage position A located behind the headrest H and the use position B outside the vehicle of the seated person P seated on the headrest H around the shaft portion 3. In the drawing, the sun visor 1 for mounting the headrest in the storage position A is indicated by a two-dot chain line.

  The awning plate 2 is a plate-like member having a light shielding property. The whole may be made of a completely opaque material, or as shown in FIG. 1, an opaque base portion 21 and a light shielding portion 22 made of a transparent material having a light shielding property of about 80% as used in sunglasses. It may be configured.

  The base portion 21 includes a shaft portion 3 at one end. The shaft portion 3 is a shaft member that penetrates perpendicularly to the plate surface of the base portion 21, and is rotatably attached to a bearing portion H <b> 1 provided at the outer rear portion of the headrest H in the vehicle width direction. That is, the bearing portion H1 and the shaft portion 3 constitute a turning mechanism. The bearing portion H1 and the shaft portion 3 are pivotally attached to each other with a certain amount of friction. However, the rotation may be temporarily fixed at an appropriate position via a latch (not shown). Further, the turning mechanism may be provided between the shaft portion 3 and the base portion 21.

  The base portion 21 is between the shaft portion 3 and the light-shielding portion 22, and has an upper edge when the headrest mounting sun visor 1 is in the storage position behind the headrest H. It has a knob portion 21a formed so as to protrude.

  The front end of the shaft portion 3, that is, the end that is pivotally attached to the bearing portion H 1, is located on the inner side in the vehicle width direction from the rear end, that is, the end that is connected to the base portion 21. More specifically, the front end and the rear end are located in the same horizontal plane, and the axial direction from the rear end to the front end is inclined 45 degrees toward the vehicle inner side with respect to the vehicle front direction. It is desirable that the inclination of the shaft portion 3 with respect to the vehicle front direction is appropriately set between about ± 15 degrees depending on the positional relationship between the vehicle seat and the side window.

  The awning plate 2 rotates about the shaft portion 3, the storage position A located behind the headrest H, the use position B outside the vehicle of the seated person P seated on the headrest H, and any of these positions And can be located in Further, the awning plate 2 is temporarily fixed at an arbitrary position by friction between the bearing portion H1 and the shaft portion 3.

  Further, as shown in a plan view in FIG. 2, the sunshade 2 is curved toward the headrest H side so that the axial direction of the shaft portion 3 and the normal direction of the plate surface of the light shielding portion 22 are inclined by about 45 degrees. Yes. It is desirable that the inclination of the sunshade 2 with respect to the shaft portion 3 is appropriately set between about ± 15 degrees depending on the angle formed by the headrest H and the shaft portion 3. By being configured in this way, the plate surface of the awning plate 2 is parallel to the rear surface of the headrest H at the storage position A, and is perpendicular to the rear surface of the headrest H at the use position B, that is, parallel to the side window (not shown). Will be located.

  A method of using the headrest mounting sun visor 1 configured as described above will be described. When the sun visor is not used, if the awning plate 2 is positioned at the storage position A, the awning plate 2 follows the rear surface of the headrest H. When the sun visor is used, the knob portion 21a of the sunshade 2 is picked, and the sunshade 2 is rotated upward with the shaft portion 3 as an axis, and is positioned at the use position B. At this time, the position of the awning plate 2 is adjusted according to the incident direction of sunlight. The position of the awning plate 2 is maintained by friction between the shaft portion 3 and the bearing portion H1. At the use position B, the plate surface of the awning plate 2 is substantially parallel to the side window.

  When storing the sun visor, the above operation is reversed. In a series of operations, the seated person P only needs to reach the back of the headrest H, and thus can perform these operations while facing forward.

  Subsequently, the headrest mounting sun visor of the second embodiment will be described. In addition, about the part similar to the sun visor 1 for headrest attachment of 1st embodiment, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and description is abbreviate | omitted suitably. 3A and 3B show the sun visor 10 for attaching the headrest, where FIG. 3A is a perspective view seen from the right rear of the headrest H in a state attached to the headrest H, and FIG. 3B is a perspective view seen from the front removed from the headrest H. is there.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the headrest mounting sun visor 10 includes a sunscreen 2, a shaft portion 13 that is provided at one end of the sunscreen 2 and rotatably supports the sunscreen 2, and a support member that supports the shaft portion 13. The holder 4 has stay mounting holes 42a and 42b that can be attached to and detached from the stay HS of the headrest H.

  Unlike the shaft portion 3 in the headrest mounting sun visor 1 of the first embodiment, the shaft portion 13 is not attached to the headrest H but is attached to the holder 4. The axial direction of the shaft portion 13 is the same as that of the shaft portion 3 in the headrest mounting sun visor 1 of the first embodiment, the front end is located inward of the vehicle from the rear end, and the axial direction from the rear end to the front end is in the vehicle front direction. It is inclined 45 degrees toward the vehicle inner side.

  The holder 4 has a bag shape for storing the awning plate 2 and covers the lower half of the awning plate 2 at the storage position A. At the lower end of the holder 4, stay attachment holes 42 a and 42 b that can be attached to and detached from the stay HS of the headrest H are provided. The stay attachment holes 42a and 42b are holes through which the stay HS of the headrest H can pass. The headrest mounting sun visor 10 is fixed to the headrest H by removing the headrest H from the seat and attaching the headrest H to the seat again so that the stay HS of the headrest H passes through the stay mounting holes 42a and 42b. The headrest attaching sun visor 10 may be attached to the stay HS of the headrest H by a pair of clip-like members (not shown) instead of the stay attaching holes 42a and 42b.

  As described above, the sun visor 10 for mounting the headrest according to the second embodiment can be fixed to the stay HS of the headrest H, so that the user can easily attach and detach without processing the headrest. . The usage method is the same as that of the sun visor 1 for attaching the headrest of the first embodiment.

  As described above, the headrest mounting sun visor of the present invention has a sunshade and a shaft portion that is provided at one end of the sunshade and rotatably supports the sunshade, and this shaft portion is the vehicle width of the headrest. The front end is positioned inward of the vehicle from the rear end, and the normal direction of the sunshade is about 45 degrees with respect to the axial direction of the shaft portion, that is, the plate surface is at the rear position of the headrest and the rear surface of the headrest. It is inclined so as to be parallel, and can be implemented in various forms without departing from the gist thereof.

It is a perspective view which shows the sun visor for headrest attachment of 1st embodiment. It is a top view which shows the sun visor for headrest attachment of FIG. The sun visor for headrest attachment of 2nd embodiment is shown, (a) is a perspective view, (b) is the perspective view removed from the headrest and seen from the front.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,10 Head visor installation sun visor 2 Sunshade 3,13 Shaft part 4 Holder 21 Base part 21a Knob part 22 Light-shielding part 42a Stay attachment hole A Storage position B Use position H Headrest HS Stay P Seated person

Claims (3)

A sunscreen, and a shaft portion provided at one end of the sunscreen to rotatably support the sunscreen,
In the state attached to the headrest, the shaft portion is located on the outer side in the vehicle width direction of the headrest and the front end is located on the vehicle inner side from the rear end,
A sun visor for mounting a headrest, wherein the sunscreen has a plate surface parallel to a rear surface of the headrest in a retracted position behind the headrest.   The sun visor for mounting a headrest according to claim 1, wherein the shaft portion is attached to a bearing portion provided on an outer rear side in the vehicle width direction of the headrest.   The head visor mounting sun visor according to claim 1, further comprising a support member that supports the shaft portion, and the support member includes a stay mounting portion that is attachable to and detachable from a stay of the headrest.

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